| 37. Linguistic Exegesis The adverb husteron {ὕστερον | hū-sté-ron} ‘later’ leads the narrative to mark temporal sequence, immediately followed by the conjunction de {δὲ | dè} ‘but’ signaling a shift. The aorist active indicative verb apesteilen {ἀπέστειλεν | apé-stei-len} ‘he sent’ denotes a completed purpose, governed by the prepositional phrase pros autous {πρὸς αὐτοὺς | pròs au-toùs} ‘to them.’ The noun phrase ton huion autou {τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ | tòn hwi-ón au-toû} emphasizes the specific son through the article tòn ‘the.’ The participle legon {λέγων | lé-gōn} ‘saying’ introduces the quotation, culminating in the future passive entrapēsontai {Ἐντραπήσονται | en-tra-pḗ-son-tai} ‘they will be put to shame,’ which idiomatically signifies that the tenants will show respect. The repetition in ton huion mou {τὸν υἱὸν μου | tòn hwi-ón mou} reinforces personal ownership at the close of the speech. |